Entertainment Yahoo! posts review of Rihanna album BEFORE they've even heard it!

Yahoo! News has allegedly published a review of Rihanna's new album early, discussing its tracks and their tone, apparently without actually having heard it.

The drafted article, a screen grab of which has been retweeted over 7,500 times over the weekend, wouldn't have been so bad if it had just left space for the author to add in things like guest features and distribution method (iTunes, Spotify etc), but it appears to actually discuss the album's content too.

That's not a review at all, it's a canned intro--She's also been releasing bits an pieces of some songs and discussing the tracks, so the stuff they prepared in advance is already out there

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Yeah, though it's not really ethical to write about how the album "pushes the edge in [x] song" and features an "edgier, freer Rhianna" before you've heard it. Just shows how bought and paid for this mass media all is lol.

Everyone thought that Internet News would somehow be more legitimate than printed journalism, because the newspapers are mostly owned by big corporations. However, to sell newspapers, the readers have to believe in your integrity somewhat. On the Internet, there is no price tag, so the corporations can run amock. So "news" and "advertising" are now one.